English Documentary on Mercury with Transcript, illustrated flashcards and podcast to improve your listening, reading and vocabulary for IELTS and TOEFL Source of documentary: National Geographic YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube. Mercury The planet Mercury is named after the messenger of the Roman gods because even the ancients could see how swift and fleeting it…
Ephemeral GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪˈfem.ər.əl/ (adj) Definition lasting for a short time, evanescent, short-lived, brief, transitory, passing, transient, fleeting, momentary, short-term, temporary Example Ephemeral species are plants and animals whose lifespan lasts only a few weeks or months. The most common types of ephemeral species are desert annuals, plants whose seeds remain dormant for months…
Transitory GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈtræn.zɪ.tri/ (adj) Definition lasting for a short time, transient, short-lived, fleeting, momentary, ephemeral, brief, evanescent, short-term, temporary, impermanent, passing, here today and gone tomorrow Example While the change in animal life is harder to document as animals are so transitory I certainly found my fair share of them, and if not…
Rapid 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /ˈræp.ɪd/ (adj) fast and quick, swift, speedy, prompt, precipitous, hurried, hasty, sudden, nimble, rash, expeditious, express, brisk, fleet REM stands for rapid eye movement. During REM sleep, your eyes move around rapidly in a range of directions, but don’t send any visual information to your brain. That doesn’t…
Fugitive Fugitive (adj & noun) /ˈfjuː.dʒɪ.tɪv/ US /-ţɪv/ noun: someone who is running away from the police, punishment, enemies, etc. – runaway, escapee, deserter, outlaw – fleeing – brief, elusive, quick Many fugitives from justice live in that deserted island. Noun: fugitiveness Adverb: fugitively
Transient 1100 Words You Need Transient 1100 Words You Need Week 26 Day 4 /ˈtræn.zi.ənt/ (adj) short-lived and ephemeral, impermanent, lasting for only a short time, temporary, short in duration, not permanently settled in a place, passing, brief, momentary, transitory, evanescent, someone living in a place temporarily, visitor, guest The exact cause of depersonalization is…